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English3 1st Exam

QuestionAnswer
Paraphrase? a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form
Satire? a type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people
Persuasion? uses reason ans emotional appeal to convice a reader to think or act a certain way?
Foreshadowing use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later.
Personification? object or animal is given human characteristics.
Petrarchan Sonnet? Italian Sonnet
Metaphor? comparision between 2 unlike things without using like or as
Parallelism? repetition of words or phrases
Meter? Pattern of stressed or unstressed syllabels in poetry
lamb? unstressed followed by stressed syllabels
aphorism? brief, but wise observation of life
Hyperbole? exaggeration
Imagery? Evoke a picture
Sonnet? 14 line poem
Simili? Comparison using like or as
Allusion? reference to someone or something
Spondee? metrical foot consisting of 25 syllables
Setting? Where it takes place
Conciet? An elaborate Metaphor
Alliteration? Repetition
Analogy? Comparision to show 2 things are alike
Onomatopoeia? Sounds Ex. BANG!!!!
Style? way in wich writer uses language
Apostrophe? addresses an inanimate object
Shakespearian Sonnet? 3-4 line units
Conflict? struggle between opposing forces
Paradox? appears self contradictory
Created by: mbarlow
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